Zaid Ismail's Blog, page 9
June 4, 2023
You judge others as you judge yourself
Judgement is easy. Understanding, empathy, compassion…not so easy. It only gets easier when we are capable of treating ourselves with kindness. But that isn’t as easy as it sounds. In fact, many of our efforts at kindness are harmful because we’re distracted from recognising what prompts our deliberate acts of kindness. Towards ourselves, and towards […]
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May 28, 2023
Do you truly respect yourself?
One of the most important questions you could ever ask yourself in any situation is, ‘Who do you want to be?’ Life is quickly defined or tainted by who we think others deserve us to be. We start out believing, often with good reason, that we need to be a certain way so that we […]
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May 8, 2023
Own your own life first
The causes that we’re afraid to fight in our own lives, we fight through proxy in someone else’s life. When we lack the conviction to apply ourselves to full effect in our own lives, we pacify our conscience by coming to the aid of those whose struggles offer an opportunity for us to find significance […]
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April 27, 2023
Trading in human suffering
When we set out to give someone a voice or to create a platform for them, we create a crutch for them. Just like our voice is ours to claim, so is theirs. When we slip into silence, usually from self-pity, we allow others to speak on our behalf, and then complain if they don’t […]
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April 18, 2023
A distracted populace
When popular opinion prevails over the wisdom of the ages, fear greatly for the next generation. We live in times when good appears as evil, and evil appears as good. When standing up for something on a basis of principle is dismissed as idealism, and the path of least resistance is seen as the only […]
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April 16, 2023
Your rage, your loss
If left unchecked, rage eventually clouds our judgement as we seek vengeance from anyone who reminds us of those who treated us badly in the past. When you find a reason to rage at every assumed threat, peace becomes elusive and bitterness takes over. Feeling enraged may be human, but acting on that rage is […]
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April 12, 2023
A destined misery…or is it?
Are you sightseeing while wishing that what you see could be your reality? Most often, it is our belief in what we deserve that limits us more than what we actually deserve or are capable of achieving. In fact, considering what we deserve or don’t deserve is a distraction most likely grounded in self-pity or […]
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April 7, 2023
Are you accountable to you?
You know that feeling that you get when you see someone say or do something and you just know they’re talking nonsense? That’s because they lack authenticity. But when you get that feeling and they actually do follow through with what they say and do, and they mean it, then you lack authenticity because you […]
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April 4, 2023
Who’s broken?
There are no broken humans. Nor are there perfect ones. As we contemplate whether our cup is full or empty, we lose sight of whether we’re in a position to receive what is being offered, or if others are able to receive what we’re offering. One of the biggest contributors towards misery and struggle is […]
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April 3, 2023
Live the life that you have
Having dreams and goals are great, but not if it robs you of the beauty of what you have. Like it has been said, there is nothing so bad that there is no good in it. Similarly, no matter how desperate or miserable life appears, there is always something to be grateful for, or something […]
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